House Updates now on Brownstoner.com!
So, if you don't know this about me already, I bought a house in Brooklyn with my boyfriend in 2012 and we spent an excruciating year gut-renovating it (granted, it used to be a heroin den and then was abandoned for 6 years, so making it livable for humans again…
Why I Love Charles Schwab
So first of all I have to say I'm not sponsored by Schwab in any way (although I should get on that, I rep them pretty hard) but I am a true convert. Reasons why: 1. Their checking account - they reimburse your ATM fees AND foreign transaction fees -…
Bondfire Radio Presents: Taxes & You – a Brunch & Budget Special
Back on Bondfire Radio this month - this time they let me and sound provider/co-host/asks-all-the-right-questions-guy, Dyalekt, take the whole hour to talk about taxes! On the show, we talk about: how AirBNB changed the rules on everyone this year and sent out 1099's (which means the IRS knows you made…
Brunch & Budget on TK in the AM!
On January 20, 2014, I was asked to be a guest on Bondfire Radio's TK in the AM, a radio show based in Brooklyn that brings you back to the time when radio was about connecting with listeners, having real conversations, and playing good music. I had a blast with these…
The Debt Snowball!
Today, I had a brunch & budget with a friend of mine and we went through one of my favorite tricks of the trade: the debt snowball! It's a pretty simple concept. Most people who have 2 or 3 (or 4 or 5) lines of credit will say, hey, I'll…
Some Basics on Buying a House
So at the rate that I've been talking about this, everyone and their mom and their bubby probably knows that I recently bought a house with my boyfriend (I keep a separate blog for it - sowerebuyingahouse.wordpress.com - if you want to actually read about all my neurotic thoughts and freak outs).…
Finding Your Buffalo: Asking Yourself the Big Why
Many moons ago, I began my serial blog writing habit (seriously, I have like 5 of them in various states of defunct). The first blog I started was about money (of course) and I wrote about saving. I posted it on LiveJournal (and I'm totally dating myself) and I got this comment from a random dude: Well, this…